October CHPAS Calendar

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October is a busy month for CHPAS! We hope that you will join us for one or more of these great events!

October 4 – Wyoming State Museum Creepy Crawly Critters! Please join us on October 4th at the Wyoming State Museum’s Family Day from 10:00AM-2:00PM to teach kids about the creepy crawly critters birds like to eat and about the birds that we have in Southeast Wyoming. Due to the event’s popularity, registration is required via the website at https://m51o94sr2i2.typeform.com/to/WAfdasF6?typeform.

October 11 – October Big Day
Like Global Big Day, October Big Day is an opportunity to unite around our shared love of birds. Last October, nearly three quarters of a million people joined in this worldwide celebration.
Wherever you are on 11 October, take a few minutes to enjoy birds and share what you find on eBird. Participate from anywhere, even from home! By taking part in October Big Day you’re also celebrating Global Bird Weekend and World Migratory Bird Day. Be a part of the global team and help set a new record for October birding.
Get more information on how to participate at: https://ebird.org/news/october-big-day-2025

October 18, 10:00 a.m. – Field Trip: Meet the Signs at Lions Park
This is a free event open to the public. Everyone, no matter what your birding skills, is invited.
We will meet at the Lions Park parking lot between the Children’s Village at the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens and the picnic shelter.
From there we will walk down to the beach, stopping at the first sign for an introduction to the new signs. Three signs were developed and purchased by the chapter and installed by the City of Cheyenne.
We will hike around the lake, about a mile, birding as we go. The other two signs will be our stopping/discussion points as we complete our bird walk.
We should see a variety of resident and migrating birds including any fall warblers that are still around. Bring water and dress for variable weather. Bring binoculars if you have them. The more eyes we have, the more birds we will see. We should be back to the parking lot by noon.
If you are interested in going, contact Grant Frost, 307-343-2024, so that he has a list of those expected, and he can let you know if the plans change for any reason like bad weather.

And for kids! This activity is happening at Children’s Village simultaneously!

October 18, 10:00 a.m. – Creepy Crawly Critters Birds Like to Eat and Beginner’s Family Bird Walk (same time as the field trip above)
Join us at the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens Children’s Village classroom on October 18th from 10:00am-12:00pm for a free introduction to birding followed by a walk around Lion’s Park. Please register using the QR code or link by October 10th and receive a free Creepy Crawly Critters coloring book and goodies for the kids! (Limit 30 participants). Register at https://forms.gle/hrpPhpqWyMcpz9z36

Click download the flyers (English and Spanish) here!

October 21, 6:30 p.m. – Program: The bird photographer’s life
This is a free event open to the public. Everyone is invited to the Cottonwood Room, Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave.
Rob Palmer of Colorado will give us a peek into his life as a bird photographer, beginning at age 12 with a Polaroid, through his study of birds, especially raptors, and his jump into full-time bird photography which has resulted in photos in Audubon Magazine, Nature’s Best, National Wildlife, and BBC Wildlife and other publications. He offers guided photography tours and lessons, and prints of his photos, https://www.falconphotos.com/.
We will have a no-host dinner with the speaker at 2 Doors Down, 118 E 17th St, Cheyenne, WY 82001 at 4:45 p.m. Please let Barb Gorges know if you are planning to join us for dinner so that we can reserve enough room at the restaurant. Text or email Barb at 307-287-4952 or bgorges4@msn.com.

October 28, 6:00 p.m. – Monthly Board Meeting
Contact us, cheyenneaudubon@gmail.com, if you would like to attend and participate in helping to plan chapter activities, or if you are interested in volunteering in some of our activities. This meeting will be held at the Laramie County Library in the Sage Room.

October 31, 8:00 a.m. – Country Club Bird Survey
Contact Chuck Seniawski to be on his email notice list: 307-638-6519 or chuckski@aol.com. The count will start in the Country Club’s clubhouse’s main parking lot. These outings are free and open to everyone, but please let Chuck know you are coming.

September CHPAS Newsletter

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September 14, 10:00 a.m. – Greenway Cleanup
Cheyenne Audubon is hosting a Greenway cleanup event, Sunday, September 14th. The public is invited to help. The starting location is the parking lot adjacent to the intersection of Van Buren Avenue and Laramie Street (just north of East Lincolnway and east of its intersection with Pershing Blvd.). Work will proceed to the north along Dry Creek and should take a little over an hour. Trash bags and light-weight gloves will be provided. Participants should wear sturdy footwear (preferably waterproof) and heavy gloves and bring rakes and hoes, if available, for fishing trash out of the creek.

September 16, 6:00 p.m. – Program: Lions Park Audubon Projects and Evening Birds (note the starting time)

This is a free event open to the public. Everyone is invited, no matter what your birding skills.
We will meet in the Lions Park parking lot between the Children’s Village at the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens and the picnic shelter. Our plan is to hike around the lake, doing an evening bird walk. But we will make strategic stops along the way to talk about the new signs that the chapter has commissioned to highlight the fact that the park is an official State Important Bird Area. We hope to have a dedication ceremony for the newly installed signs with the park in early October.
In addition, we will stop to look at and discuss some of the on-going and future work to establish native plants that are appropriate for our native pollinators. These are some of the areas in the park that are not mowed by the city.

September 20, 9:00 a.m. – Field Trip: Fall Migrants at the Wyoming Hereford Ranch

This is a free event open to the public. Everyone, no matter what your birding skills, is invited. Carpooling should be available.
We will leave from the Lions Park parking lot between the Children’s Village at the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens and the picnic shelter. WHR is about a ten-mile drive east of town. We expect to hike a mile or two over sometimes rough ground before returning to our vehicles.
We should see a variety of resident and migrating birds including any fall warblers we can find.
Bring water and dress for variable weather. Bring binoculars if you have them. The more eyes we have, the more birds we will see. We should be back in town by noon.
If you are interested in going, contact Grant Frost, 307-343-2024, so that he has a list of those expected, and he can let you know if the plans change for any reason like bad weather

September 23, 6:00 p.m. – Monthly Board Meeting
Contact us, cheyenneaudubon@gmail.com, if you would like to attend and participate in helping to plan chapter activities, or if you are interested in volunteering in some of our activities. This meeting will be held at the Laramie County Conservation District Office

September 26, 8:00 a.m. – Country Club Bird Survey
Contact Chuck Seniawski to be on his email notice list: 307-638-6519 or chuckski@aol.com. The count will start in the Country Club’s clubhouse’s main parking lot. These outings are free and open to everyone, but please let Chuck know you are coming.

August CHPAS Calendar

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August 16, 7:00 a.m. – Field Trip: Snowy Range Birding Hike

This is a free event open to the public. Everyone, no matter what your birding skills, is invited. Carpooling should be available, but let Grant know when you call him (see below).
We will leave from the Lions Park parking lot between the Children’s Village at the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens and the picnic shelter and drive to Libby Lake Picnic Site parking lot. This is about a 90-mile drive (an hour and a half) to the start of our hike in the Medicine Bow National Forest. We expect to hike a mile or two over rocky and sometimes wet ground before returning to our vehicles.
We should see a variety of mountain birds such as White-crowned Sparrow and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. We will be searching for the Fox Sparrow and any warblers we can find.
Bring lunch or a snack; bring water and dress for variable weather. Bring binoculars if you have them. The more eyes we have, the more birds we will see. We should be back in town before 5:00 p.m.
If you are interested in going, contact Grant Frost, 307-343-2024, so that he has a list of those expected, and he can let you know if the plans change for any reason like bad weather.

August 16, 9:00 a.m. – Cheyenne Habitat Hero Open Gardens The Cheyenne Habitat Hero Committee invites you to visit three local registered Habitat Hero gardens on Saturday, August 16th from 9 am until noon. Gardens belong to Earl DeGroot and Donna Griffith, Eric Dalton, and Bella Fuoco Wood-fired Pizza. More information (including addresses) is included in the August “Flyer“. Join us for this viewing and learning experience!

August 26, 6:00 p.m. – Monthly Board Meeting
Contact us, cheyenneaudubon@gmail.com, if you would like to attend and participate in helping to plan chapter activities, or if you are interested in volunteering in some of our activities. This meeting will be held at the Laramie County Library in the Sage Room.

August 29, 7:00 a.m. – Country Club Bird Survey
Contact Chuck Seniawski to be on his email notice list: 307-638-6519 or chuckski@aol.com. The count will start in the Country Club’s clubhouse’s main parking lot. These outings are free and open to everyone, but please let Chuck know you are coming

May CHPAS Calendar

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More information about everything going in May can be found in our Chapter newsletter, “Flyer“. May is a busy month! Join us!!!

May 7, 6:00 p.m. – Greenway Cleanup
Cheyenne Audubon is hosting a Greenway cleanup event, Wednesday, May 7th in the evening. The public is invited to help.
The starting location is the parking lot adjacent to the intersection of Van Buren Avenue and Laramie Street (just north of East Lincolnway and east of its intersection with Pershing Blvd.). Work will proceed to the north along Dry Creek and should take a little over an hour.
Trash bags and light-weight gloves will be provided. Participants should wear sturdy footwear (preferably waterproof) and heavy gloves and bring rakes and hoes, if available, for fishing trash out of the creek.

May 8, 6:00 p.m. – Bluebird Nestbox Monitoring Volunteers and Training
CHPAS needs volunteers to help monitor 16 nestboxes at Cheyenne Botanic Gardens’ High Plains Arboretum. Each survey takes about an hour and involves 1.5-miles of walking on mostly flat gravel roads and prairie grasses, with some unmown tall grasses.
Volunteers coordinate to complete the surveys weekly over the spring and summer. Surveys usually are completed in the morning on a day convenient to the volunteer during the week (or weeks) that they have selected.
Interested volunteers will need to attend a training session at 6:00 p.m. Thursday May 8th. Meet at the Arboretum parking area at 8301 Hildreth Road. The session will last 1 to 1.5 hours and will take volunteers to all monitored nestboxes.
Contact Kirk Miller (307-630-3238; kamiller63@gmail.com) if you plan to participate so that we can let you know if plans change. Kirk can also provide directions and more information.

May 10, 9:00 a.m. – First Big Day Bird Count for Platte and Goshen Counties
On May 10, the first Big Day for Platte and Goshen Counties organized by the Cheyenne – High Plains Audubon Society will take place. It will be on the same day as Global Big Day, and International Migratory Bird Day, and anyplace in those two counties can be part of it.
A guided group will meet at the Guernsey Fish Ponds at 9:00 AM and will use the paved path between there and the Platte River to bird. This will be for anybody, but is directed toward those brand-new to birding, families and those that may have mobility issues. Binoculars will be available for those that don’t have them.
For everybody else, you can bird together or alone, at home or your favorite spot, or seek out new opportunities. Are you looking to see birds you haven’t seen before, such as a Northern Cardinal or a Short-eared owl? This is a great area to try.
If you are interested, please contact Grant Frost at 307-343-2024 (call or text) to give him an idea of who is participating. Results can be entered through eBird, or lists can be sent to him at the end of the day.

May 12, 6:00 p.m. – Birding 101 Class
Join CHPAS at Laramie County Library in the Sunflower Room for an introduction to birding. This hour-long free class is open to the public, anyone with an interest in bird watching is invited. We will discuss the basics of bird identification, some birdwatching tips, and local bird species. Tools such as binoculars, guidebooks, and apps also will be covered. For questions or more information, contact Kirk Miller (307-630-3238 kamiller63@gmail.com).

May 17, 8:00 a.m. – Annual Cheyenne Big Day Bird Count
Starting at Lions Park, we will cover birding hot spots throughout the Cheyenne area. If you want to join us later than 8:00 a.m., please call Mark, 307-287-4953, to get a location update throughout the morning. We also encourage people to report all bird sightings during the 24-hour period beginning at midnight on the free app at eBird.org.
We will leave from the Lions Park parking lot between the Children’s Village at the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens and the picnic shelter to hike around the park for about an hour or two. We will then head to the Wyoming Hereford Ranch. At about lunch time we will head out to the Agricultural Research Station and the Arboretum west of the Air Force Base.
Bring a lunch or pick one up on the way; bring water and dress for variable weather. Everyone, no matter what your birding skills, is invited. Bring binoculars if you have them. We may finish the planned routes by 3 p.m. You may join us at any time throughout the day for as long as you wish and leave when you need to.

May 20, 6:30 p.m. – Special Program: Chris Madson, “Up From The Grass”
Cheyenne Audubon invites the public for a free program, at 6:30 p.m. in the Cottonwood Room at the Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave., featuring guest speaker Chris Madson.
Chris, the retired, long-time, award-winning editor of Wyoming Wildlife magazine, will repeat his May 2024 Cheyenne-High Plains Audubon banquet talk, “Up From The Grass” that leads us through the fascinating history of the Audubon movement and highlights some of the Wyoming conservationists, such as Frank Bond, who were important in the early Audubon Society.
Chris’s talk will be professionally recorded that night and archived for public access at the American Heritage Center.

May 27, 6:00 p.m. – Monthly Board Meeting
Contact us, cheyenneaudubon@gmail.com, if you would like to attend and participate in helping to plan chapter activities, or if you are interested in volunteering in some of our activities. This meeting will be held at the Laramie County Library in the Sage Room.

May 30, 7:00 a.m. – Country Club Bird Survey
Contact Chuck Seniawski to be on his email notice list: 307-638-6519 or chuckski@aol.com. The count will start in the Country Club’s clubhouse’s main parking lot. These outings are free and open to everyone, but please let Chuck know you are coming

March 2025 CHPAS Calendar

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March 18, 6:30 p.m. Program: Ryan Dibala on restoring bald eagles at Channel Islands National Park

Cheyenne Audubon members invite the public to a free talk by Ryan Dibala, author, naturalist and guide, about his work restoring bald eagles on Catalina Island and Channel Islands National Park, Tuesday, March 18, 6:30 p.m., in the Cottonwood Room at Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave.
We will take Ryan to dinner at 4:45 at 2 Doors Down, 118 E 17th St, Cheyenne. If you are interested in joining us for dinner with Ryan, please contact Barb Gorges at 307-287-4952 or bgorges4@msn.com so that we can reserve enough seating.

March 19, 6:00 p.m. – Monthly Board Meeting
Contact us, cheyenneaudubon@gmail.com, if you would like to attend and participate in helping to plan chapter activities, or if you are interested in volunteering in some of our activities. This meeting will be held at the Highlands United Presbyterian Church at 2390 Pattison Avenue, Cheyenne. Please park and come in at the back of the church.

March 28, 8:00 a.m. – Country Club Bird Survey
Contact Chuck Seniawski to be on his email notice list: 307-638-6519 or chuckski@aol.com. The count will start in the Country Club’s clubhouse’s main parking lot. These outings are free and open to everyone, but please let Chuck know you are coming.

March 29, 3:00 p.m. – Field Trip: Table Mountain Wildlife Management Area: Sandhill Crane Migration

We will leave the Lions Park parking lot south of the Children’s Village at 3 p.m. Carpooling should be available but check with Grant (see below) if you will need a ride.
Our field trips are free and open to the public. Anyone interested in birds is welcome.

We are going to Table Mountain to watch Sandhill Cranes return in flocks to their nighttime roosting area after they spend the day feeding in grain fields. We will also be looking for migrating waterfowl along the way.

The management area is about 75 miles north of Cheyenne, near Yoder, WY. The trip is free, open to the public, and non-birders of all ages are encouraged to join us to learn about the birds we see.

We expect to be back in Cheyenne by 9 p.m. Be sure to bring water, something for yourself to eat and dress for changing weather. If you want to carpool but don’t want to leave your car in the parking lot in the evening, when you call Grant, let him know if you want a ride or riders and let’s see if we can make arrangements to arrive at the park already matched up. If you are interested in going, contact Grant Frost, 307-343-2024, so that he has a list of those expected, and he can let you know if the plans change for any reason like bad weather.

February 2025 CHPAS Calendar

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February 14-17, Great Backyard Bird Count
From Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Spend time in your favorite places watching birds—then tell us about them! In as little as 15 minutes notice the birds around you. Identify them, count them, and submit your counts to help scientists better understand and protect birds around the world.

If you already use eBird or Merlin, your submissions over the 4 days count toward GBBC. You can get detailed information about this event at https://www.birdcount.org/

February 15, 1:00 p.m. – Field Trip: Tie City Trailhead – Medicine Bow National Forest
We will leave the Lions Park parking lot south of the Children’s Village at 1 p.m. Carpooling should be available for the 40-mile drive to the trailhead.

Steller’s Jay at Rocky Mountain National Park

Be prepared for snowy conditions. The trip is free, open to the public, and non-birders of all ages are encouraged to join us to learn about the birds we see. We can watch the feeders that Don Jones keeps stocked from the warming hut. We expect minimal walking and nice conditions on a winter day.

We may see a variety of winter forest birds including Pine Grosbeak, Red Crossbill, Steller’s Jay, woodpeckers, nuthatches and more. We may even see a rosy-finch. We expect to be back in town by 4:30 p.m. Be sure to bring water, and dress for changing weather. If you are interested in going, contact Grant Frost, 307-343-2024, so that he has a list of those expected, and he can let you know if the plans change for any reason like bad weather.

February 18, 6:30 p.m. Program: Chris Madson
Cheyenne Audubon invites the public for a free program, at 6:30 p.m. in the Cottonwood Room at the Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave., featuring guest speaker Chris Madson.

Chris, the retired, long-time, award-winning editor of Wyoming Wildlife magazine, will re-give his May 2024 Cheyenne-High Plains Audubon banquet talk, “From the Grass Up” that leads us through the fascinating history of the Audubon movement and highlights some of the Wyoming conservationists, such as Frank Bond, who were important in the early Audubon Society. Chris’s talk will be professionally recorded that night and archived for public access at the Wyoming Heritage Center. Also, see the President’s Message for more information about Chris’s presentation (February Flyer).

February 25, 6:00 p.m. – Monthly Board Meeting
Contact us, cheyenneaudubon@gmail.com, if you would like to attend and participate in helping to plan chapter activities, or if you are interested in volunteering in some of our activities. This meeting will be held at the Laramie County Library in the Sage Room, 2nd floor.

March 7, 8:00 a.m. – Country Club Bird Survey
Contact Chuck Seniawski to be on his email notice list: 307-638-6519 or chuckski@aol.com. The count will start in the Country Club’s clubhouse’s main parking lot. These outings are free and open to everyone, but please let Chuck know you are coming.

Audubon Rowe Sanctuary Sandhill Crane Migration Tickets Available NOW!

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Join the Celebration! Migrating Sandhill Cranes in Nebraska

Only five (5) hours east of Cheyenne is the experience of a lifetime! Join Audubon to view the migration of the Sandhill Cranes at Rowe Sanctuary (Minden, NE) in March or April.

Ticket sales opened today and a few days in late March are already sold out. But you still have time to get tickets for the three unforgettable opportunities: Guided Crane Experience, the Guided Crane Photography Experience, or (for those brave souls who really want to “get down” with the birds) the Overnight Crane Photography Experience. This writer has done all three and all are exceptional.

Sales open today (January 8, 2025) and tickets go fast. Most people reserve rooms in Kearney, NE for the experience. This is an opportunity not to be missed!

Learn about all three options on the Audubon Rowe website using this link: Crane Experiences

January 2025 CHPAS Calendar

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January 18, 1:00 p.m. – Field Trip: Tie City Trailhead – Medicine Bow National Forest

We will leave the Lions Park parking lot south of the Children’s Village at 1 p.m. Carpooling should be available for the 40-mile drive to the trailhead. Be prepared for snowy conditions. The trip is free, open to the public, and non-birders of all ages are encouraged to join us to learn about the birds we see.

We may see a variety of winter forest birds including Pine Grosbeak, Red Crossbill, Steller’s Jay, woodpeckers, nuthatches and more. We may even see a rosy-finch.

We expect to be back in town by 4:30 p.m. Be sure to bring water, and dress for changing weather.

If you are interested in going, contact Grant Frost, 307-343-2024, so that he has a list of those expected, and he can let you know if the plans change for any reason like bad weather.

January 21, 6:30 p.m. Program: Motus Wildlife Tracking System—what it is and how it’s used
(Note our new start time.)

Cheyenne Audubon invites the public for a free program, at 6:30 p.m. in the Cottonwood Room at the Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave., featuring guest speaker Matt Webb.
Matt uses Motus, a worldwide automated telemetry network, for grassland bird species migration studies for the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. The information can help conservation efforts stem the decline of these species.
Motus is also used to study the movement of other kinds of animals, including bats and large-bodied insects. Matt is looking for a site in southeastern Wyoming for a new Motus radio tower – there are very few Motus systems in Wyoming. Help our Chapter make a difference – join us to learn about this important information system.

January 28, 6:00 p.m. Cheyenne-High Plains Audubon Chapter Board Meeting

We are always looking for volunteers for our Board of Directors! Please let us know if you would like to attend. cheyenneaudubon@gmail.com.

January 31, 8:00 a.m. – Country Club Bird Survey

Contact Chuck Seniawski to be on his email notice list: 307-638-6519 or chuckski@aol.com. The count will start in the Country Club’s clubhouse’s main parking lot. These counts are free and open to everyone, but please let Chuck know you are coming.

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Remember – the 2025 Habitat Hero Workshop will take place on Saturday, February 1st at LCCC. Registration is now open! Check out the January edition of “Flyer” for more information or look under “Habitat Hero” on our website.

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December CHPAS Calendar

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December 7, 1:00 to 3:00 pm – Introduction to the Christmas Bird Count

This is a class and outing for families and kids of all ages. We will meet at the Children’s Village in the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens and introduce you to some of the local winter birds. Then we will take a short hike in the park to see what birds we can find and record their numbers.
We will talk about the upcoming official Cheyenne Christmas Bird Count planned for December 14th.

December 9, 4:00 to 5:00 pm – Bird Counts and Birds Count!
Join us at the Laramie County Library in the Early Literacy Center on the 2nd floor: for kids from the 2nd through 6th grades.
Meet a volunteer from the Cheyenne High Plains Audubon Society who will tell us how and why we count birds. Discover how to find and identify birds then test your skills at spotting feathered friends (or their look-alikes) and learn about the library’s birding backpack program and the upcoming Christmas Bird Count.

December 14 – Cheyenne Christmas Bird Count

(Meet at the downtown Post Office at 8 a.m., 2120 Capitol Ave.) Or be a field observer on your own.

If you are interested in participating, contact Grant Frost, 307-343-2024, so that he has a list of those expected, so he can let you know if the plans change for any reason such as stormy weather.
Grant will have a list of regular spots within our count circle and will encourage people to spread out to specific areas so that we can have good coverage of all hot spots first thing in the morning to assure a good count on the number of each species in the Cheyenne area, i.e. the number of geese before they all start flying around. Novice birders will be paired with experienced counters. – Tally sheets and more details about the area and process in the December issue of FLYER.

December 14 – CBC Tally Party, 6:00 p.m., Perkins on Dell Range Blvd.
For the tally party have ready the numbers of each species you observe and the amount of time and distance you walk and the amount of time and distance you drive. Keep track of where and when you saw species of note so we can tell if you counted the same bird or flock as someone else. Feeder watchers can bring their counts too. Please contact Mark Gorges at 307-287-4953 if you plan to attend the Tally Party so that we can arrange for enough room.

After the tally party contact Grant with any species that you see three days before or three days after December 14 that were not listed at the tally party. They are entered in the CBC data as “Week of the Count” species.

December 27, 8:00 a.m. – Country Club Bird Survey
Contact Chuck Seniawski to be on his email notice list: 307-638-6519 or chuckski@aol.com. The count will start in the Country Club’s clubhouse’s main parking lot. These counts are free and open to everyone, but please let Chuck know you are coming.

January 1 – Guernsey/Ft. Laramie Christmas Bird Count
If you are going to join the count, please let Jane Dorn know at 307-640-4002. Also call her if the weather turns nasty; she will set an alternate date. Bring water, lunch, warm clothes, binoculars, and a scope if you have one, and whatever you need for a day watching birds at Guernsey State Park, Ft. Laramie National Historic Site, the Oregon Trail Ruts and Hartville.

October 2024 CHPAS Calendar

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October 15, 7:00 p.m. – Program: Birding in Cuba
Cheyenne Audubon invites the public for a free program, “Birding in Cuba,” Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. in the Cottonwood Room at the Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave., featuring guest speaker Vicki Herren.
Board Member Vicki Herren will describe birding in Cuba: How to get there and what to see. Last February she traveled with five other birders on a 9-day trip guided by Cuban Adventures, from the mountains to the marshes. They counted 114 bird species of which 16 were endemic, some very hard to find.
Vicki started birdwatching the 1980s and took her first international trip in 1993 to Costa Rica. She’s been on numerous trips to South and Central America and was eager to make the trip to Cuba when it was suggested by a friend.
We will have a no-host dinner with Vicki before the program at 5:00 p.m. at Bella Fuoco Pizza (2115 Warren Avenue, Cheyenne). Everyone is invited, but you must let Barb Gorges know by Monday October 14th (307-287-4952) so that we can reserve enough seating.

October 22, 6:30 p.m. – Monthly Board Meeting
Contact us, cheyenneaudubon@gmail.com, if you would like to attend and participate in helping to plan chapter activities, or if you are interested in volunteering in some of our activities. This meeting will be held at the Laramie County Library in the Sage Room, 2nd floor.

October 26, 9:00 a.m. – Field Trip: High Plains Arboretum

We will leave the Lions Park parking lot south of the Children’s Village at 9 a.m. and drive to the Arboretum, which is located on the USDA Cheyenne Horticultural Field Station, west of Warren Air Force Base. If you drive there yourself, you can meet us at about 9:30 at the Arboretum parking area just past the Y in the road within the Ag Station.

No dogs are allowed on the grounds of the Ag Station. A wide variety of birds can be seen in the area, including prairie and forest birds. The trip is free and open to the public. We expect to be back in town by 1:00 p.m. Be sure to bring water and dress for changing weather.
If you are interested in going, contact Grant Frost, 307-343-2024, so that he has a list of those expected, and can let you know if the plans change for any reason.

November 1, 8:00 a.m. – Country Club Bird Survey
Contact Chuck Seniawski to be on his email notice list: 307-638-6519 or chuckski@aol.com. The count will start in the Country Club’s clubhouse’s main parking lot. These counts are free and open to everyone, but please let Chuck know you are coming.